POLICE: Intoxicated man let teen drive for him

CHAMBERSBURG - A Chambersburg man is in custody Tuesday after police say he had a 14-year-old boy drive him and three smaller children through town when he was too intoxicated.

Marlon Yovany Aplicano, 42, is charged with four counts of endangering the welfare of children, one count of providing false identification to law enforcement, and a summary citation of allowing an unlicensed driver to drive, according to court documents.

Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg noticed Aplicano's vehicle around midnight Tuesday, while they were on an unrelated traffic stop in the area of 9600 Molly Pitcher Highway, Antrim Township. The white Dodge Caravan passed the stopped troopers in a lane where it was illegal to pass, so troopers began following and conducted a traffic stop.

As troopers walked up to the vehicle, the trooper identified the driver as a 14-year-old boy, with Aplicano as the front seat passenger. However, at the time, Aplicano identified himself by another name.

The other passengers in the van were a 12-year-old boy and two girls, ages 10 and 6, according to court documents.

When police ran the name Aplicano had given them, they found no matches so they asked him to give them his real name. He insisted his name was the one they had given him.

Aplicano told troopers that he had been drinking alcohol earlier in the evening and was unable to drive, according to court documents. He said he drove from Chambersburg to a gas station. There, the 14-year-old told Aplicano that he wanted to drive, so Aplicano allowed the teen to drive.

About an hour later, when the children were dropped off with family, she fully identified Aplicano for police and they were able to confirm that name.

Aplicano was arraigned Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m., and held at Franklin County Jail on $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 26.